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Organon pays up to $1.2B to acquire Dermavant and its steroid-free skin cream Vtama

Fierce Pharma

With its latest acquisition, women’s health outfit Organon is bringing its dermatology business to the U.S. with a potential blockbuster in tow. | Organon is set to acquire Roivant’s immuno-dermatology subsidiary Dermavant for up to $1.2 billion, the companies announced Wednesday. The crown jewel of the deal is undoubtedly Vtama, Dermavant’s steroid-free cream for plaque psoriasis, which is looking at a major expansion opportunity in eczema.

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Millions are Taking a Drug that Falls Short of its Promise to Lower Risk of Heart Attack

MedCity News

While fibrates are proven to lower triglyceride levels, which can serve as a biomarker for cardiovascular disease risk, several major clinical studies from the past 20 years have failed to show a benefit of fenofibrates over and above statins in further reducing heart-related events. The post Millions are Taking a Drug that Falls Short of its Promise to Lower Risk of Heart Attack appeared first on MedCity News.

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GSK touts co-administration data for RSV, shingles vaccines as narrowed CDC guidance threatens sales

Fierce Pharma

This summer, GSK cut its yearly vaccine sales projection o | In the study, co-administration of GSK's RSV vaccine Arexvy and shingles shot Shingrix elicited non-inferior immune responses compared with separate administration of the vaccines.

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Organon Gets More Skin in the Game by Acquiring Roivant’s Dermatology Subsidiary

MedCity News

By acquiring Dermavant, Organon gets Vtama, a drug approved for treating plaque psoriasis. An FDA decision for the topical cream in atopic dermatitis is expected by the end of 2024. The post Organon Gets More Skin in the Game by Acquiring Roivant’s Dermatology Subsidiary appeared first on MedCity News.

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Optimizing Clinical Supply Strategy: Navigating Challenges & Finding Your Ideal Model

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AstraZeneca's Fasenra plays catch-up with GSK's Nucala, gaining FDA nod for rare autoimmune disease

Fierce Pharma

Since GSK’s Nucala and AstraZeneca’s Fasenra were approved two years apart to treat patients with severe asthma, the IL-5 inhibitors have engaged in a spirited market battle, with one key differenc | Locked in a spirited market battle with GSK's Nucala, AstraZeneca's Fasenra is catching up with its IL-5 inhibitor rival as the FDA signed off on its use to treat the rare autoimmune condition of eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis.

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PBM strikes back at FTC over drug pricing report

pharmaphorum

PBM Express Scripts has sued the FTC, claiming its recent report on the sector's role in drug pricing is defamatory and should be retracted

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How Should Healthcare Startups Approach Employers? 3 Execs Weigh In

MedCity News

During a panel at the MedCity News INVEST Digital Health conference, three healthcare execs shared advice to startups on how to pitch to employers. They need to know their worth, understand the problem they’re solving, and think about issues globally. The post How Should Healthcare Startups Approach Employers? 3 Execs Weigh In appeared first on MedCity News.

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Noom offers cut-price compounded GLP-1 drug for obesity

pharmaphorum

Digital health company Noom has launched a compound pharmacy-made version of Novo Nordisk's obesity drug semaglutide to make the drug more accessible to consumers in the US.The bold move has been accompanied by a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal explaining its reasoning, and claiming that the prices of GLP-1 drugs for weight loss are five times too high and need to be brought in line with levels in other countries.

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The FDA Isn’t Blocking Medical Breakthroughs — Our Outdated Innovation Model Is

MedCity News

The current model of siloed, proprietary development is failing us. It’s slow, expensive, and often results in technologies that never see the light of day. What if, instead, we embraced an open-source approach to medical device innovation? The post The FDA Isn’t Blocking Medical Breakthroughs — Our Outdated Innovation Model Is appeared first on MedCity News.

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Getting IND ready — how companies can avoid common traps

PharmaVoice

Overpromising, overcommitting and neglecting CMC are a few of the pitfalls that cause sponsors to stumble when submitting a new drug application.

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How Machine Learning Drives Clinical Trial Efficiency

Clinical trial data management is increasingly challenging as studies grow in complexity. Quickly accessing and analyzing study data is vital for assessing trial progress and patient safety. In this paper, we explore real-time data access and analysis for proactive study management. We investigate using adverse event (AE) data to monitor safety and discuss a clinical analytics platform that supports collaboration and data review workflows.

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4 Things Startups Must Know to Achieve a Successful Tech Pilot

MedCity News

In recent years, providers have been increasingly conducting tech pilots to see which solutions can best improve their clinical and operation success. During a panel at MedCity News’ INVEST Digital Health conference in Dallas, healthcare leaders shared their insight on how startups can best serve their provider partners during these pilots. The post 4 Things Startups Must Know to Achieve a Successful Tech Pilot appeared first on MedCity News.

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Title: Winning In Sales And Lessons From The Endoscopy Field With Jon Alwinson

Evolve Your Success

Unlock the secrets to excelling in medical sales! This episode promises to inspire and educate as we welcome Jon Alwinson, a veteran in the endoscopy sector, to share his remarkable career journey. Delve into Jon’s personal story, from the influence of his author father to his own four-year endeavor of writing a book aimed at guiding future medical sales reps.

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Validating Pharma 4.0 for Smart Manufacturing

PharmaTech

The drug manufacturing ecosystem Pharma 4.0, a term coined in 2017 by the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineers, promises a revolution across drug discovery, manufacturing, and supply chain logistics, ensuring drugs are delivered precisely when needed, and improving overall patient care.

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Deerfield Group Bolsters Marketing, Communications Leadership with New Senior Appointments

PM360

Conshohocken, Pa., September 18, 2024 – Deerfield Group, one of the fastest-growing independent marketing and communications partners for healthcare and life science brands and companies, today announced two additions to its executive leadership team: Guy Varady will serve as Executive Vice President, Integrated Marketing, and Bob Josefsberg as Executive Vice President, Communications.

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European Clinical Supply Planning: Balancing Cost, Flexibility and Time

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FDA Approves Keytruda Plus Pemetrexed, Platinum Chemotherapy for Unresectable Advanced or Metastatic Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

PharmExec

Approval was based on data from the IND.227/KEYNOTE-483 trial, which demonstrated a 21% reduction in the risk of death when Keytruda was added to chemotherapy in patients with unresectable advanced or metastatic malignant pleural mesothelioma.

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Protected: Melling Medical and Progressive Medical, Inc. Form Strategic Partnership to Enhance Federal Health Care

Progressive Medical

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post. The post Protected: Melling Medical and Progressive Medical, Inc. Form Strategic Partnership to Enhance Federal Health Care appeared first on Progressive Medical, Inc.

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FDA Approves Fasenra for Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis

PharmExec

Approval was based on results from the MANDARA Phase III trial, which demonstrated the superiority of Fansenra over Nucala in patients with eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis.

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FDA Approves New Dose Strength of Herceptin Biosimilar for HER2-Overexpressing Breast, Gastric Cancers

Pharmaceutical Commerce

Accord BioPharma's 420 mg strength Hercessi (trastuzumab-strf), a biosimilar to Herceptin, gains FDA approval to treat HER2-overexpressing breast cancer and gastric cancer.

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Deliver Fast, Flexible Clinical Trial Insights with Spotfire

Clinical research has entered a new era, one that requires real-time analytics and visualization to allow trial leaders to work collaboratively and to develop, at the click of a mouse, deep insights that enable proactive study management. Learn how Revvity Signals helps drug developers deliver clinical trial data insights in real-time using a fast and flexible data and analytics platform to empower data-driven decision-making.

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Keytruda Demonstrates Superior Overall Survival vs. Yervoy in Advanced Melanoma

PharmExec

Ten-year data from the Phase III KEYNOTE-006 trial found that Keytruda produced a 34% ten-year overall survival rate compared to 23.6% for ipilimumab in patients with advanced melanoma.

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Lilly on alert as new Kisqali approval threatens Verzenio

pharmaphorum

Novartis' Kisqali has claimed a broad FDA approval in early breast cancer that could give it an edge over rival Verzenio from Eli Lilly

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Braftovi Plus Mektovi Demonstrates Sustained Efficiency in Patients with BRAF V600E-Mutant Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

PharmExec

Results from the Phase II PHAROS trial found that treatment-naïve patients with BRAF V600E-mutant metastatic non-small cell lung cancer administered Braftovi in combination with Mektovi achieved an objective response rate of 75%.

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“Leave politics out of healthcare” – controversy swirls around BIOSECURE Act

Pharmaceutical Technology

At the Clinical Trial Supply West Coast 2024 conference, serial biotech entrepreneur Umar Hayat said science should be allowed to advance without political interference.

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Unlocking Excellence: How Catalent Is Transforming Japan’s Clinical Research

Planning on running clinical trials in Japan? How can you reliably supply these studies? Discover Catalent’s clinical supply packaging facility in Shiga, Japan. Strategically located between Tokyo and Osaka, and one of largest in Japan, this 6,000 square meter facility offers comprehensive services including primary and secondary clinical packaging and labelling, comparator sourcing, cold chain storage, local and global distribution, local language support and white glove service to support stud

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FDA inspection backlog overseas threatens new drug approvals

PharmaVoice

The FDA’s backlog of overseas drug manufacturer inspections is still mounting — and new drugs could be delayed as a result.

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FlyPharma Europe, Vienna – October 2024 conference

PharmaTimes

The conference will return to Vienna AirportCity on 23 to 24 October 2024

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MHLW accepts GSK’s multiple myeloma treatment NDA for review

Pharmaceutical Technology

Japan's MHLW has accepted for review GSK's NDA for Blenrep for patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.

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Pharma Pulse: 9/18/24: How Drug Shortages Affect Pharmacovigilance, Long Strange Trip Continues for Psychedelics & more

PharmExec

OncLive serves as the connection to oncology, including groundbreaking cancer news and interviews with top oncologists in multimedia formats.

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Clinical Data Like You´ve Never Seen It Before: Why Spotfire Is the Leading Tool for Clinical Analytics

Clinical development organizations face a wide array of challenges when it comes to data, many of which can impact the operational effectiveness of their clinical trials. In this whitepaper, experts from Revvity Signals explore how solutions like TIBCO® Spotfire® enable better, more streamlined studies. The whitepaper also features a success story from Ambrx, a leading biopharmaceutical company, detailing how it has leveraged Spotfire to tackle data quality and collaboration challenges in clinic

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Ossium treats first leukaemia patient in cryopreserved bone marrow trial

Pharmaceutical Technology

Ossium Health’s PRESERVE I trial is evaluating the safety and effectiveness of its deep-frozen bone marrow from deceased organ donors.

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GSK Launches Brooke Shields’ Led Campaign Promoting Shingles Vaccine

PharmExec

OncLive serves as the connection to oncology, including groundbreaking cancer news and interviews with top oncologists in multimedia formats.

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FDA expands Novartis’ Kisqali label to include early breast cancer patients

Pharmaceutical Technology

Kisqali generated $2bn in sales last year, with broader approvals forecasting sales of over $8bn by 2030, per GlobalData analysis.

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A Better Response to Inflammation: Q&A with Dr. Ira Spector

PharmExec

OncLive serves as the connection to oncology, including groundbreaking cancer news and interviews with top oncologists in multimedia formats.

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Roles and Responsibilities of Specialized Clinical Supply Experts

When selecting a clinical supply provider, consideration often focuses upon the manufacturing, packaging, storage and distribution capabilities available that will, at face-value, be sufficient to meet the needs of the sponsor and their trial. However, there are human-based and knowledge-driven factors that are often overlooked that go beyond these basic physical capabilities and are integral to the development and delivery of high performing clinical supply chains.